Acraea cerasa
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. cerasa
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Binomial name | |
Acraea cerasa | |
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Acraea cerasa, the tree top acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in most of south-eastern Africa.
The wingspan is 32–38 mm for males and 37–45 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, with a peak from October to April. It is very scarce in dry months.[2]
The larvae feed on Rawsonia lucida and Drypetes gerrardii.
Subspecies
- Acraea cerasa cerasa (KwaZulu-Natal to Kenya east of Rift Valley)
- Acraea cerasa cerita Sharpe, 1906 Uganda and possibly north-western Tanzania and eastern Zaire)
- Acraea cerasa kiellandi Carcasson, 1964 (the highlands west of Lake Tanganyika)
- Acraea cerasa unimaculata Grose-Smith, 1898 (the highlands west of the Rift Valley in Kenya)
References
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External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 60 a
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- Images representing Acraea unimaculata at Bold